Washboard.



Patented Mar. 4, 19021 P. J. JDECKEN.

WASH BDARD.

(Application mad July 17, won

(NoModaL IN ENTOR WITNESSES s PETERS ca. wovoumo UNITED STATES PATENT O FICE.

PETER J. J OECKEN, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO THE AMERICAN WASHBOARD COMPANY, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO, -A CORPORATION OF OHIO.

WASHBOARD.

SPEGIFIGATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 694,864, dated March 4, 1902.

Application filed July 1'7, 1901. Serial No; 68,614. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, PETER J. J OECKEN, a citizen of the United States, residing atCleveland, in the county of Cuyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented or discovered certain new and useful Improvements in Washboards, of which improvements the following is a speci fication.

The invention described herein relates to certain improvements in washboards, and has for its object a construction of a washboardframe whereby suitable cushions or yielding portions are formed to support the rubbingface in position, thereby rendering it possible to employ a rubbing-face formed of a frangible material, as clay or glass.

The invention is hereinafter more fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a washboard embodying my improvement. Fig. 2 is a sectional elevation of the same; and Fig. 3 is a transverse section on a plane indicated by the line III III, Fig. 2.

In the practice of my invention the washboard is formed, as is customary, by the legs 1, the upper and lower cross-pieces 2 and 3, headpiece 4, and brand-board 5, said parts being constructed and connected together in the usual or any suitable manner, except in so far as may be hereinafter stated. The inner walls or sides of the legs and cross-bars are grooved or recessed for the reception of the edges of the rubbing-face 6, which may be formed of glass, clay, or other suitable material. When formed of clay or other porous material, the surface is coated with a vitrified material, so as to form a smooth even rubbing-surface. The bearing walls of the recesses in the frame are made yielding or resilient, so as to yieldingly support the rubbing-face. This maybe done in a variety of waysas, for example, narrow grooves or sawkerfs are formed or cut in the frame closely the upper and lower ends of the rubbing-face and that informingthe sockets in the legs for the reception of the ends of the cross-bars the ribs 7 in the rear of the rubbing-face are cut through, so that said ribs 7 7* will yield readily to lateral pressure or impact.

The front .rib or cushion 9 in the crossbars is preferably formed by recessing the cross-bars for the reception of the upper and lower edges of the rubbing-face in close proximity to their front edges, so as to produce a yielding or resilient rib or front wall, as shown in Fig. 3.

I claim herein as my invention-' 1. A washboard having in combination a frangible rubbing-face, a main frame having recesses for the reception of the edges of the rubbing-face, said recesses having resilient bearing-walls, substantially as set forth.

2. A washboard having in combination a frangible rubbing-face, a main frame having recesses for the reception of the edges of the rubbing-face, the bearing-Walls of the'grooves being formed by resilient ribs integral with the corresponding part of the main frame, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand.

' 4 PETER J. JOECKEN. Witnesses: I

JAM S T. SARGENT, A. B. CALHOUN. 

